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Daisy of Love
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Daisy of Love | |
The cast of Daisy of Love
Created by | Cris Abrego Mark Cronin |
Starring | Daisy de la Hoya Riki Rachtman |
Opening theme | Best of Me |
Composer(s) | Morningwood |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Cris Abrego Mark Cronin Ben Samek |
Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | VH1 |
Original run | April 26, 2009 – July 26, 2009 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Rock of Love 2 |
Followed by | I Love Money |
External links | |
Website |
Daisy of Love is an American reality television dating show which stars Daisy de la Hoya, the runner-up of the VH1 reality dating show Rock of Love 2. The show premiered on April 26, 2009, at 9:00 pm ET on VH1.[1]
- 1 Contestants
- 2 Elimination Order
- 3 Episodes
- 3.1 Don't Be Stupid
- 3.2 True Bromance
- 3.3 Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- 3.4 Bring in 'Da Boyz, Bring in 'Da Skunk
- 3.5 Things Are Getting Spicy
- 3.6 Call's Fair in Love and War
- 3.7 Still Haven't Found What I'm Cooking For
- 3.8 The Return of the Fling
- 3.9 The Past and the Furious
- 3.10 Clip Show
- 3.11 Leid and Neutered
- 4 After the show
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Nickname[1] | Real Name[2] | Age | Eliminated |
London | Joshua Lee | 30 | Winner[b] episode 4 (withdrew), brought back episode 9 |
Flex | TJ Markiewicz[3] | 22 | Episode 12 (2nd) |
12 Pack (Dave)[a] | David Amerman | 26 | Episode 12 (3rd) |
Sinister | Derrick Tribbett | 24 | Episode 10 |
Chi Chi | Branden | 29 | Episode 9 |
Big Rig | Jeremiah Riggs | 26 | Episode 8 |
Fox | Daniel | 29 | Episode 7 |
6 Gauge | Chris Kummer | 29 | Episode 6 |
Cage | Aric | 25 | Episode 5 (Withdrew) |
Tool Box | Miguel | 29 | Episode 3 |
Cable Guy | Randall | 33 | Episode 3 |
Brooklyn | Christopher | 23 | Episode 3 (Withdrew) |
Professor | Brandon | 22 | Episode 2 |
Weasel | Pauly | 36 | Episode 2 |
Flipper | Mike | 22 | Episode 2 (Withdrew) |
Torch | Kenn | 36 | Episode 1 |
Dropout | Tristan Trouble | 22 | Episode 1 |
'86 | Nisse "Izzy" Landeberg | 25 | Episode 1 |
'85 | Pelle "Rock" Landeberg | 25 | Episode 1 |
'84 | Calle "Kelii" Landeberg | 25 | Episode 1 |
- ^[a] In Episode 7, "12 Pack" asked to be called by his real name, Dave.
- ^[b] In Episode 4, London withdrew from the competition, but in Episode 9, he was brought back into the competition.
Elimination Order[edit]
# | Contestants | Episodes | |||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |||
1 | 6 Gauge | Fox | Chi Chi | Flex | Cage | 6 Gauge | Flex | 12 Pack | Flex | London | 12 Pack | London | London |
2 | 12 Pack | Flex | London | Sinister | Chi Chi | 12 Pack | Sinister | Big Rig | 12 Pack | 12 Pack | London | Flex | Flex |
3 | '84 | 6 Gauge | Flex | London | 12 Pack | Big Rig | Big Rig | Chi Chi | Sinister | Flex | Flex | 12 Pack | |
4 | '85 | Chi Chi | Fox | 6 Gauge | Flex | Chi Chi | Chi Chi | Flex | Chi Chi | Sinister | Sinister | ||
5 | '86 | Sinister | 6 Gauge | 12 Pack | Big Rig | Flex | 12 Pack | Sinister | Big Rig | Chi Chi | |||
6 | Big Rig | Big Rig | 12 Pack | Big Rig | 6 Gauge | Fox | Fox | Fox | |||||
7 | Brooklyn | Flipper | Cable Guy | Cage | Fox | Sinister | 6 Gauge | ||||||
8 | Cable Guy | 12 Pack | Cage | Chi Chi | Sinister | Cage | |||||||
9 | Cage | Cage | Sinister | Fox | London | ||||||||
10 | Chi Chi | Professor | Big Rig | Tool Box | |||||||||
11 | Dropout | Cable Guy | Tool Box | Cable Guy | |||||||||
12 | Flex | Brooklyn | Brooklyn | Brooklyn | |||||||||
13 | Flipper | Tool Box | Professor | ||||||||||
14 | Fox | Weasel | Weasel | ||||||||||
15 | London | London | Flipper | ||||||||||
16 | Professor | Torch | |||||||||||
17 | Sinister | Dropout | |||||||||||
18 | Tool Box | '84 | |||||||||||
19 | Torch | '85 | |||||||||||
20 | Weasel | '86 |
- Contestants in bold indicates that they received V.I.P. Access/Passes.
- The contestant won the competition.
- The contestant went on a solo date with Daisy.
- The contestant went on a group date with Daisy.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant went on a date with Daisy, but was eliminated.
- The contestant went on a date with Daisy, but voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
- The contestant was going to receive a chain, but was eliminated.
- The contestant voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
- The contestant was eliminated outside the house.
- The contestant did not receive a chain, but was allowed to stay due to another contestant quitting the competition.
- The contestant was supposed to be eliminated, but Daisy decided to keep the contestant.
- The contestant was brought back into the competition.
- In episode four, Daisy left the elimination ceremony before distributing all of the chains. 6 Gauge, Fox, and Sinister each did not receive a chain, but was allowed to stay due to London quitting the competition.
- In episode five, there was no elimination. Names are listed in alphabetical order since Daisy informed the guys that Cage has left the competition.
- In episode seven, Daisy eliminated Fox at the beginning of the elimination ceremony and no chains were given out. The remaining contestants are listed in alphabetical order.
- In episode nine, London was brought back into the competition while the rest of the guys went on dates with Daisy.
- Episode 11 was a recap episode.
This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (February 2012) |
Don't Be Stupid[edit]
First aired April 26, 2009 (2M viewers)[4]
After leaving Mexico with a broken heart, Daisy returns to find a man that is compatible with her. This time she brings Riki Rachtman to help her pluck out the fakes from the real. Although there are 20 men in the show, one of them is very familiar; 12 Pack, who has appeared on I Love New York and I Love Money. The men meet Daisy after she performs a song on stage for them. She says she is building a career for herself as a "singer, model, and all around bad ass". After the show, the men become situated and later, Daisy gives them nicknames to show off their personalities. The men are then led to the "mixer". As all the guys vie for her attention during the mixer, Flipper, who wants to grab the attention of Daisy, decides to jump off the stage bars and into the pool. Daisy confronts Tool Box for saying "Where the bitches at?" and warns him that she will not tolerate that kind of behavior. Weasel, London, and Torch become too intoxicated to form a connection with Daisy. Dropout fails to impress Daisy and she thinks that he is trying too hard to act cool. '84, '85, and '86 tell Daisy that they are only interested in having a good time and dating her together. After the party, Daisy gathers the men together, telling them that she knows who is there for her. She sends the triplets ('84, '85, and '86) packing before the elimination ceremony saying that she thought they were awesome, but that she is serious about finding love and will not share men or be shared by men. Riki invites them to take home with them all the food they can carry. Although the rest of the men think they are safe, Daisy tells them that two more people still have to go. After London and Weasel fall asleep, the guys decide to sabotage Weasel by drawing on his face. They are then gathered in the elimination room as Daisy gives chains one by one to the guys and asks them if they "will stay and be her rockstar". After many chains are passed out, it is soon down to Dropout, London, Torch, and Weasel. She decides to give Weasel and London another chance, and eliminates Torch and Dropout.
- Bottom 4: Dropout, London, Torch, Weasel
- Eliminated: '84, '85, '86, Dropout, Torch
- Elimination Notes:
- The triplets of the band Snake of Eden ('84, '85, and '86) were eliminated before the elimination ceremony after they revealed that they were basically there just for the free food and liquor, and that they were only interested in dating Daisy together as a set.
- Dropout was eliminated for being a "Goofball" and seeming too much like a cartoon character.
- Torch was eliminated because Daisy did not feel a connection, and she could not understand him, especially because "he clicked like a dolphin".
True Bromance[edit]
First aired May 10, 2009
The guys wake up the next morning and as they ready themselves, 12 Pack reads them a letter from "Daisy's Diary" which tells them about their next challenge. The guys are upset about the events concerning Brooklyn and are all very angry that he received a chain. Brooklyn is aware of this and states he will "keep his distance from the other guys". When the guys reach the area of their next challenge, they are surprised to find it takes place in a desert. Ricki tells the guys that today's challenge is all about protecting Daisy. They learn that they must protect a symbolic Daisy mannequin from several sharp-shooting paintballers as they take it from the limo, to the "red carpet", and then to the "stage door". The men are divided into three teams of four and the teams must run their Daisy mannequin from location to location and the team with the least damaged Daisy mannequin will win the challenge and a date with Daisy. The Beige Team goes first with Cage as the first runner. Cage tries to protect the mannequin, but after getting hit so many times with paintballs, he says he begins to black out and the mannequin splits in half. Cage hands it to Brooklyn, who screams and soon hands it off to 6 Gauge. 6 Gauge hands it off to Cable Guy and Cable Guy actually falls on top of the mannequin, crushing many of its parts. The Orange Team goes and Big Rig, Flex, Fox, and Tool Box do a decent job of defending the mannequin. The Black Team defends the mannequin the best so, Sinister, London, Chi Chi and 12 Pack all win a date with Daisy and grants Sinister a VIP date for his good performance. After the challenge, Brooklyn thanks Daisy for his second chance, but says he lied to Daisy because he was drunk and says he is still in love with his ex-girlfriend. He says he is "throwing in the towel". Riki becomes infuriated and accuses Brooklyn of lying and criticizes him for hurting Daisy. Daisy says he was just wasting her time and that she does not need him. Daisy decides to bring all the guys to a club where they can all "let loose". While most of the guys battle for her attention and spend time with her, she forgets Sinister's VIP date, but he says he will let it go because it was the "rockstar thing to do". She also gets angry with Fox because she says that everyone was trying to spend time with her except for him. When confronted about it, Fox told her he does not want to compete with twelve other guys. The next day, Daisy has a romantic art date with 12 Pack, Sinister, Chi Chi, and London, where she paints on their bodies and they paint on her. 12 Pack opens up a lot and talks about his past love life. Sinister connects with Daisy and kisses her, which makes Chi Chi jealous. Chi Chi then kisses Daisy all over her body, which she found creepy. London connects very well with Daisy and she says he could be the one she is looking for. After the date, Cable Guy connects with Daisy and she likes his honesty, but says that he is not aggressive enough for this competition. Flex and Daisy share one-on-one time, and he makes her laugh a lot and Daisy forms a strong connection with him. Toolbox gets drunk and tells the other contestants that he is not "feeling Daisy for shit" and does not have a connection with her, which angers Flex. At elimination, she gives the first chain to Flex, followed by Sinister, London, 6 Gauge, 12 Pack, Big Rig, Cage, Chi Chi, and Fox. She sends home Cable Guy due to his lack of aggression. She was going to give Tool Box the last chain, but is informed by Flex that Tool Box said he did not have a connection with her. Daisy asks Toolbox if he wants to stay, and Tool Box said he wanted to stay, but that it was her decision. Daisy said she did not believe him and decided to eliminate him.
Team leaders | Teams | Team colors | Win / Lose |
Cage | 6 Gauge, Brooklyn, Cable Guy, Cage | Beige | Lose |
Tool Box | Big Rig, Flex, Fox, Tool Box | Orange | Lose |
Sinister | 12 Pack, Chi Chi, London, Sinister | Black | Win |
- The team won the challenge and went on a group date with Daisy.
- The team lost the challenge.
- Challenge: Paintball Obstacle Course
- Beige Team: 6 Gauge, Brooklyn, Cable Guy, Cage
- Orange Team: Big Rig, Flex, Fox, Tool Box
- Black Team: 12 Pack, Chi Chi, London, Sinister
- Challenge Winners: Black Team
- Quit: Brooklyn
- Bottom 3: Fox, Cable Guy, Tool Box
- Eliminated: Cable Guy, Toolbox
- Elimination notes:
- Brooklyn withdrew because he still had feelings for his ex-girlfriend.
- Cable Guy was eliminated because he was not trying hard enough to connect with Daisy.
- Toolbox was going to receive a chain, but after being informed by Flex that Tool Box said he had no connection with Daisy, Daisy decided to eliminate him.
Should I Stay or Should I Go?[edit]
First aired May 17, 2009
Team Leaders | Teams | Band Name | Assigned Song | Win / Lose |
6 Gauge | 6 Gauge, Big Rig, Flex | Chip and Daisy | Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star | Lose |
London | Cage, Chi Chi, London | The Daisy Blades | Row, Row, Row Your Boat | Win |
Sinister | 12 Pack, Fox, Sinister | The Daisy Train | Old McDonald Had a Farm | Lose |
- The contestant won the challenge and went on a group date with Daisy.
- The contestant lost the challenge.
- Challenge: Nursery Rhyme Re-write
- Challenge Winners: The Daisy Blades
- Quit: London
- Bottom 3: 6 Gauge, Fox, Sinister
- Eliminated: None
- Elimination Notes:
- Prior to the elimination ceremony, London was hesitant about whether or not he wanted to remain in the competition because he felt that he and Daisy were "no longer connecting". Daisy informed him that he was going to be given a chain at the elimination ceremony that night, and that she hoped he would accept it. When Daisy offered London his chain, he said he could not accept it because he said he did not want to hurt Daisy.
- Daisy did not return to the elimination ceremony after she left crying, leaving 6 Gauge, Fox, and Sinister without chains. The episode closes with the elimination ceremony still unfinished.
Bring in 'Da Boyz, Bring in 'Da Skunk[edit]
First aired May 24, 2009
- Challenge: Photoshoot for Daisy's Album Cover
- Team 1: 12 Pack, Big Rig, Cage, Chi Chi
- Team 2: 6 Gauge, Flex, Sinister, Fox
- Challenge Winners: Team 2
- MVP: Fox
- Quit: Cage
- Elimination Notes:
- Cage got into a fight with 6 Gauge before the elimination ceremony, and Flex intervened and jumped on Cage to stop him. The episode closes with Daisy asking Cage if he can stay in the house without fighting the other contestants. Cage replies that he cannot promise her that and says it would be best if he went home. Daisy tells him she has to let him go because she does not want the house to be an unsafe environment for any of the contestants.
- Daisy goes into the elimination room to inform the other contestants that Cage has left the house. Riki tells the contestants that they can leave the elimination ceremony and that they are all safe for that night.
Things Are Getting Spicy[edit]
First aired June 7, 2009
Fight # | Match Up | Winner |
1st | Chi Chi vs. Fox | Chi Chi |
2nd | 12 Pack vs. Big Rig | Big Rig |
3rd | 6 Gauge vs. Flex | Flex |
4th | Chi Chi vs. Sinister* | Chi Chi |
- The contestant won the challenge and went on a group date with Daisy.
- The contestant was named MVP and won a solo date with Daisy.
^* Daisy allowed Sinister to join the group date despite Chi Chi winning the fight because he fought well.
Challenge: Fight For Daisy's Love
- First Fight: Chi Chi vs. Fox
- Second Fight: Big Rig vs. 12 Pack
- Third Fight: Flex vs. 6 Gauge
- Fourth Fight: Chi Chi vs. Sinister
- Challenge Winners: Big Rig, Chi Chi, Flex, Sinister
- MVP: Big Rig
- Bottom 3: 6 Gauge, 12 Pack, Fox
- Eliminated: 6 Gauge
- Elimination Notes:
- 6 Gauge was eliminated because Daisy felt that she and 6 Gauge were not connecting.
Call's Fair in Love and War[edit]
First aired June 14, 2009
- Challenge: None
- There was no challenge in this episode because Daisy felt the contestants had been working hard enough, but she took several of them on dates. She and 12 Pack went to a lingerie store, and she had dinner with Big Rig, Chi Chi, and Fox later on that night.
- MVP: 12 Pack
- Bottom 3: None
- Eliminated: Fox
- Elimination Notes:
- No chains were given out during this episode because Daisy told Fox to leave at the beginning of the elimination, as her suspicions that he had a girlfriend were confirmed when she called the house.
Still Haven't Found What I'm Cooking For[edit]
First aired June 21, 2009
Contestant | Assigned Meal | Win / Lose |
12 Pack | Red Velvet Cake | 12 Pack |
Big Rig | Zucchini Quiche | Big Rig |
Chi Chi | French Onion Soup | Chi Chi |
Flex | Chicken Cordon Bleu | Flex |
Sinister | Lasagna | Sinister |
- The contestant won the challenge, but did not go on a date with Daisy.
- The contestant won the challenge, but was named most compatible for Daisy by the other contestants and won a solo date with her.
- The contestant won the challenge and went on a date with Daisy because they named the least compatible with Daisy by the other contestants.
- Challenge: Cook A Meal For Daisy
- Challenge Winner: None (all meals were good)
- Bottom 2: Big Rig, Chi Chi
- Eliminated: Big Rig
- Elimination Notes:
- Daisy said that she was not falling in love with Big Rig and felt that he was not that compatible with her.
The Return of the Fling[edit]
First aired June 28, 2009
Match Up | Match up | Date | Bottom 2 |
Chi Chi | Flex | Off Road Vehicle Riding | Chi Chi |
12 Pack | Sinister | Dinner | Sinister |
- The contestant earned a chain, and was not eliminated.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- Challenge: None
- Date 1: Off Road Vehicle Riding with Chi Chi and Flex
- Date 2: Dinner with 12 Pack and Sinister
- MVP: 12 Pack
- Special Guest/Brought Back: London
- Bottom 2: Chi Chi, Sinister
- Eliminated: Chi Chi
- Elimination Notes:
- Daisy said that she felt Chi Chi was more of a close friend and hoped they could remain friends.
The Past and the Furious[edit]
First aired July 12, 2009
Contestant | Ex Girlfriend | MVP/Eliminated |
12 Pack | Kat | 12 Pack |
Sinister | Ashley | Sinister |
London | Natasha | London |
Flex | Kia | Flex |
- The contestant had some MVP time with Daisy.
- The contestant was eliminated.
- The contestant was asked to go to Maui with Daisy.
- The contestant was supposed to be eliminated, but Daisy decided to keep the contestant and bring him to Maui with her.
- The Special Guest was a friend, instead of an Ex Girlfriend.
- Challenge: None
- Special Guest: Boys Ex Girlfriends
- Bottom 2: Flex and Sinister
- Eliminated: Sinister
- Elimination Notes:
- Daisy felt that she was keeping Sinister in the house to protect him and not to hurt his feelings, making her feel like she led him on.
Clip Show[edit]
First aired July 19, 2009
Daisy reviews her "Rules of Dating" to the viewers based on her many experiences in the house, featuring memorable moments and clips not aired in the main episodes. Including:
- The "Bromances" going on in the house.
- Fox's "not so deep" thoughts on love.
- Additional drama footage.
- The guys "primping" themselves.
- Extended footage of the skunk in the house.
Leid and Neutered[edit]
First aired July 26, 2009
- 3rd Place: 12 Pack
- 2nd Place: Flex
- Winner: London
The final three head to Maui to spend some quality time in the world's most romantic island. But there is trouble in paradise when Daisy narrows the field to 2 in a tear-filled elimination on a desolate airstrip. The two remaining guys go on emotional final dates with Daisy. Only one guy can be her Rockstar, while the other finds out that "aloha" also means "goodbye".
After the show[edit]
- '84, '85, and '86 appeared in Lady Gaga's music video for her single "Paparazzi".
- Big Rig and Marcia from Vh1's Rock of Love Bus and Charm School with Ricki Lake dated for a brief time, but are now separated.[5]
- VH1 has officially confirmed that Daisy and London are no longer together. Daisy also had posted a MySpace Blog about it.[6]
- Professor (Brandon), Weasel (Pauly), Fox (Daniel), Big Rig (Jeremiah), and Sinister (Derrick) were contestants on the canceled third season of I Love Money.
- 6 Gauge (Chris), Brooklyn (Christopher), and Chi-Chi (Branden) appeared on the fourth season of I Love Money.
- Big Rig appeared as a contestant on the revival of WWE Tough Enough, he placed 3rd overall in the competition.
- ^ a b "Daisy of Love: Meet the Cast". VH1 Blog. March 13, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Daisy of Love: Cast Bios". VH1.
- ^ "Tim Markiewicz: Model Profile". modelmayhem.com.
- ^ Levin, Gary (29 April 2009). "'Anatomy' not in good shape". USA Today. p. D.2. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
ignored (help) - ^ http://blog.vh1.com/2009-06-24/the-celebreality-interview-big-rig/#more-79549
- ^ http://blog.vh1.com/2009-11-03/daisy-london-no-more/


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The Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hanna's band) play Tufnell Park next May.
Something to look forward to albeit ages away.
Fuck yes
Was wondering if they'd play over here. Ta for that!
Posted about the album a few weeks ago
and got no replies - but it's really great.
I see that this thread hardly caught fire
but the Tufnell Park gig sold out a while back. They're playing The Electric Ballroom in August too.
Just saw this. Looks like a new release.
Very melodic for Kathleen Hanna. It's a bit twee. (But good.)
good timing for atp
I just had an email from WeGotTickets that The Electric
Ballroom show in August has been cancelled due to health issues. No word about her up coming shows. Hopefully, they'll go ahead.
Damn. All dates cancelled.
I saw The Punk Singer a few months ago and was really looking forward to her Tufnell Park gig.
Hope this smaller gig gets rescheduled, was really looking forward to seeing someone so legendary in that venue. Will go to one if the screenings of the punk singer to be going on with.
As a 90s indie kid that hasn't
grown up I loved the film. It was a really well made and edited documentary. She came over as a really nice and honest yet tough person. Her struggle with Lyme Disease was very moving. As Rock and Kathleen Hanna came across as the perfect "rock couple"; no egos at all. Anyway, I hope she plays live soon and I wish her the best.
I just saw The Punk Singer and it was a very good film
The place where I saw it was supposed to have a Q and A before but she couldn't make it.
ohgood this'd this
nasty business
The title of this thread is still sort of valid.
Julie Ruin play The Electric Ballroom on 26 May 2015. Hopefully, she's recovered and well enough to play this time around. Also, if you haven't seen The Punk Singer, please do. A brilliant documentary.
hope she's better/makes this one!
I got an email from we got tickets a couple of months ago saying the dome gig was being rescheduled for feb, hope it still happens
Please note that THE JULIE RUIN has now been rescheduled for May 26th 2015, doors at 7.30pm, and will now be held at:
Electric Ballroom
184 Camden High Street
NW1 8QPAll tickets remain valid for the new show.
Best Wishes,
WeGotTicketsAh right, at least I don't have to buy more tickets I suppose

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If you think about it, the real problem with Bounty was
1. It leaked a lot of water (much more than normal even for a large wooded ship). and
2. The ship did not have adequate pump systems to deal with the water, and the pump systems they had were not maintained.
If the above two problems did not exist, I am 99% sure the ship and all crew would be with us today- no matter what there experience or inexperience or mistakes the Captain made. There are many ships that sail and survive storms equal to what Bounty hit and they are sailing with crews even less experienced than Bounty had. You must have the right tool for the job or no matter how good you are you will fail.
Now if I remember, the CG had assisted Bounty many years prior duing a storm off Florida (tried to pull the story from internet but could not find). The CG assisted by giving Bounty gas powered dewatering pumps.
Also, it was well know the Bounty was always leaking somthing like 30,000 gallons of water a day. 30,000 gallons of water is enough to fill a residental swimming pool- better have some serious pumps ( and back up upon back ups) to deal with that. So now you have a ship that will sink if any of your dewatering pumps fail- something is wrong with this picture. The floatation of your boat should not be dependent solely on a mechanical/electrical system.
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Goose Gossage
From BR Bullpen
Richard Michael Gossage
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 3", Weight 217 lb.
- School University of Southern Colorado
- High School Wasson High School
- Debut April 16, 1972
- Final Game August 8, 1994
- Born July 5, 1951 in Colorado Springs, CO USA
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2008
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[edit] Biographical Information
"Goose was a fierce competitor . . . who in his career set a new standard for relief pitching." - New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner
"The impact that Goose Gossage had on this organization was incredible. He was the final piece to our National League championship in 1984, which really established the San Diego Padres as a Major League franchise." - Padres president Dick Freeman
Hall of Fame closer Rich "Goose" Gossage, was the Mariano Rivera of his time - a dominant relief pitcher who once went a whole season giving up only four earned runs (he had an ERA that year of 0.77). Gossage, whose career spanned 22 years, had 8 saves in World Series play. He was a nine-time All-Star.
[edit] Beginnings
Gossage was a Colorado boy having been born and raised in the state. He also attended high school and college in The Centennial State.
The Chicago White Sox selected him in the 9th round of the 1970 amateur draft. He pitched only 3 games in the rookie league for the White Sox, with an ERA of 2.81, before he was moved him up to Single A Appleton in the Midwest League, where he posted a 5.91 ERA. In 1971, though, he dominated at the same place by going 18-2 with an ERA of 1.83. He was up in the majors the next year.
[edit] A Young Man in Chicago
With the 1972 White Sox at the age of 20, in relief, he went 7-1 with 2 saves, and an ERA of 4.28. The team had an ERA of 3.12. It was a tumultuous time on the White Sox, partly because of the outsized personality Dick Allen, who was the league MVP that year and brought the team back to respectability after years in the basement.
The next year, 1973, Gossage struggled in the majors, and spent half the year at Iowa in the AAA American Association. After a 4-6 season in 1974, he became the White Sox fireman in 1975, getting a league-leading 26 saves. In 1976, though, he was used as a starter by manager Paul Richards, and went 9-17 on a staff on which Ken Brett was the starter with the lowest ERA; Dave Hamilton and Clay Carroll were used as firemen. Richards was a manager from the old school, who thought that a pitcher with a great fastball should be a starter, not realizing that Gossage had neither the stamina nor the additional pitches to find success in that role.
[edit] Years of Success
The White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates engineered an unusual trade after the 1976 season, exchanging players who were due to become free agents in one year: Gossage and fellow reliever Terry Forster went to Pittsburgh, while slugger Richie Zisk moved to Chicago; all three would find new homes for the 1978 season. In his year spent in Pittsburgh in 1977, Gossage compiled 26 saves - the third-highest total in the National League - and also 11 wins, making the All-Star team for the third consecutive year. After the season, he signed a lucrative contract with the New York Yankees, where he was to stay through 1983. His arrival displaced Sparky Lyle, the reigning AL Cy Young award winner, as the Yankees closer. In two of his years with the Yankees, Gossage had 30+ saves, and he led the league in both 1978 and 1980. It was an era in which 20+ saves would usually put a reliever among the league leaders.
In the 1978 World Series, he pitched six innings in relief without an earned run. In the 1981 World Series, he pitched five innings in relief without giving up an earned run. In that World Series, he hit Los Angeles Dodgers 3B Ron Cey on the helmet with a blazing fastball, knocking him unconscious. However, in the 1980 ALCS, he gave up a tape-measure home run to George Brett of the Kansas City Royals that was a key to the Yankees being swept and manager Dick Howser losing his job. In 1979, he missed a good part of the season when he slipped and fell in a clubhouse fight with Cliff Johnson. Owner George Steinbrenner was furious at this turn of events and ordered that Johnson be traded away immediately.
The Yankees were a famous team in those days, whose high-profile players were often in the news for reasons good or bad. Gossage's teammates included Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Graig Nettles, Catfish Hunter, Lou Piniella, Dave Winfield and Ron Guidry.
[edit] Return to the National League
Rich Gossage signed a free agent multi-year contract before the 1984 season with the San Diego Padres. A journalist asked him why he had chosen the Padres when they had offered the least money of any of the teams after him; Gossage replied that once you've earned money as an established star you can worry about things other than the highest bidder. His first year there he helped lead the 1984 Padres to their first World Series. He had two more seasons of 20+ saves in 1985 and 1986, but the Padres fell back in NL West. In 1987, with his effectiveness diminishing, he clashed with management, accusing the team of caring more about its players' moral character than about their ability to win ball games. It was not his first dust-up with a front office, as he had once called Yankee owner George Steinbrenner "the fat man upstairs".
Gossage then closed out his major league career by pitching for six different teams over six seasons, still with decent ERA's although he was no longer being used as the chief fireman. He was on the division-winning Oakland Athletics in 1992, as a set-up man for future Hall of Fame closer Dennis Eckersley.
In 1990, he played briefly in Japan, pitching for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks of the Pacific League in 23 games, going 2-3 with 8 saves and a 4.40 ERA.
At 42 years of age, he went 3-0 in 36 appearances with the 1994 Seattle Mariners. His ERA of 4.18 was better than the team's 4.99. A young Ken Griffey Jr. hit .323 with 40 home runs, and Randy Johnson anchored the pitching staff. His final major league win came in his 1,000th career appearance on August 4th, pitching one third of an inning in a 4-2 win at California. On August 8th, he pitched the final three innings of what ended up a 14-4 blowout at Texas, earning his final save in his last appearance. The 1994 strike then intervened, and he was not back the next season.
The most similar pitchers to Gossage using the similarity scores method are fewllow Hall of Famers, Rollie Fingers and Hoyt Wilhelm.
On June 22, 2014 the Yankees dedicated a plaque to Gossage inside of Monument Park.
[edit] Hall of Fame Ballots
Gossage had steadily been rising in Hall of Fame voting, and was elected on January 8, 2008, the only player elected among those eligible that year. He received 33% of the vote in his first year of eligibility in 1999, and had moved up to 64.6% in 2006. In 2006, Time Magazine reported that Gossage was "livid" at not getting into the Hall of Fame, blaming it on younger writers who "have no clue". As a comparison, Bruce Sutter, elected that year, had received 59.5% of the vote two years earlier in 2004. In 2007 he got 71.2%, very close to the 75% that was needed. He was elected to the Hall the following year.
Gossage was the first player to have played in Nippon Pro Baseball to be elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA; Larry Doby had been picked by the Veterans Committee. Both players were obviously picked for their work in MLB, not NPB.
[edit] Family
His son, Todd Gossage, has played professionally in independent baseball, and his nephew, Kevin Gossage, played in the minors in 2006 and 2007.
[edit] Quotes
"I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done." - Goose Gossage
"I was brought into situations God couldn't get out of, and I got out of them." - Goose Gossage
"She is poisoning the world with her hamburgers, and we can't even get a lousy beer." - Goose Gossage, after Padres owner Joan Kroc, also in control of McDonalds, banned beer from the Padres clubhouse.
[edit] Notable Achievements
- 9-time All-Star (1975-1978, 1980-1982, 1984 & 1985)
- 2-time AL Reliever of the Year Award Winner (1975 & 1978)
- AL Rolaids Relief Award Winner (1978)
- 3-time AL Saves Leader (1975, 1978 & 1980)
- 200 Innings Pitched Seasons: 1 (1976)
- 30 Saves Seasons: 2 (1980 & 1982)
- Won a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1978
- Baseball Hall of Fame: Class of 2008
[edit] Further Reading
- Goose Gossage (as told to George Vass): "The Game I'll Never Forget", Baseball Digest, October 1988, pp. 47-49. [1]
- Goose Gossage (as told to Al Doyle): "The Game I'll Never Forget", Baseball Digest, May 2005, pp. 44-47 [2]


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Savage is a new Raging Stallion film in the tradition of Manifesto and Instinct. A no-nonsense examination of hot men fucking. In unidentifiable spaces, we find Raging Stallions best coming together in a full-on mess of spit, slaps, leather, and cum. A 2 DVD Set. The cast includes a few favs, Ricky Sinz, Steve Cruz, Brodie Sinclair, and Victor Steele etc.
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Paul Sanchez (vocals, guitar) had previously recorded as a solo artist before teaming up with Fred LeBlanc (vocals, drums). The pair formed the Backbeats, who were short-lived. After their breakup, Sanchez moved to New York, where he continued to perform solo. In 1988, he returned to New Orleans; LeBlanc, who had just finished playing with Dash Rip Rock, had Sanchez join his new band. The duo began jamming with Griffith (lead guitar, vocals), who had just left the Red Rockers, a new wave band who had a hit with "China." The trio played with a variety of bassists until 1993, when Rob Savoy -- the former frontman for the Bluerunners -- joined the band. The band released its first album, Mouthing Off, late in 1993 on the independent Viceroy Records. Two years later, they released It Means Escape on the Monkey Hill label.
By 1995, the group's following had grown large enough to earn attention from major labels. Cowboy Mouth decided to sign with MCA in early 1996, and they recorded their major-label debut, Are You with Me?, with producer Michael Wanchic during Mardi Gras of that year. The album was released in the summer of 1996 and charted a hit with "Jenny Says," an older song that the band had reprised for its major-label debut. The following spring, Cowboy Mouth released Live on Monkey Hill; Mercyland appeared a year later, and both All You Need Is Live and Easy followed in 2000. Disappointing sales prompted Atlantic to drop the band after Easy, but Cowboy Mouth, undeterred as always (even with the departure of bassist Rob Savoy), rose to the occasion and released the blistering Uh-Oh on the independent Bayside label the following year. Voodoo Shoppe, which was issued by Eleven Thirty, arrived in 2005. Fearless followed three years later, featuring a spunky ode to TV personality Kelly Ripa. After another three years passed, Cowboy Mouth returned with Mardi Gras, an EP salute to their hometown of the Big Easy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Still my favorite quote about the most underrated rock-n-roll band ever to play your hometown...C o w b o y Mouth. See y'all at BB King's next Friday.
A SHOW I WILL DEFFINITLY REMEMBER AS ONE OF THE BEST. The venue was small but the crowd was full of love for these guys.
Thanks for putting on a great show!!
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PULLMAN - The Washington State University football team held its second and final scrimmage of fall camp Friday at Martin Stadium, and the defense led the way for the Cougars.
Redshirt sophomore safety Easton Johnson posted two interceptions, and redshirt junior safety Xavier Hicks, Jr. added a pick of his own.
The Cougar defense held the offense to 42 yards rushing on 15 carries; with redshirt junior quarterback Kevin Lopina finishing as WSU's leading rusher. Lopina, who also led the Cougars in rushing during the first scrimmage, picked up 18 yards on three carries. Running back Chantz Staden (junior) led all running backs with 15 yards on five carries.
Redshirt senior quarterback Gary Rogers went 11-of-17 with 140 yards, three interceptions and a touchdown. On the final two-minute drive of the scrimmage he went 6-of-6 for 65 yards, capped by 15-yard touchdown pass to senior Brandon Gibson. Lopina completed 7-of-13 for 75 yards and a touchdown, while redshirt freshman Marshall Lobbestael went 3-of-5 for 22 yards.
Once again WSU had 10 different receivers catch a pass, with redshirt senior Ben Woodard leading the way. The tight end hauled in six passes for 74 yards, both team highs. Fellow tight end Tony Thompson (redshirt junior) caught one of two touchdown passes on the day, an 8-yard strike from Lopina. Gibson finished the day with three receptions for 40 yards, all coming on the final drive.
WSU opens its season in the Cougar Gridiron Classic, against Oklahoma State, Saturday, Aug. 30, at Qwest Field in Seattle. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
Final Statistics
RUSHING Staden 5/15, Campbell 5/8, Lopina 3/18, Mitz 2/1
PASSING Rogers 17/11/3/140/1, Lopina 13/7/0/75/1, Lobbestael 5/3/0/22/0
RECEIVING Woodard 6/74, Gibson 3/40, Thompson 3/38, Karstetter 2/26, Parr 2/22, Blackledge, 1/8, Campbell 1/8, Willis 1/8, Norrell 1/6, Staden 1/3


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Matt Klooster receives his doctorate in biology, sells two houses, moves 900 miles, gets married and starts a new job in the next two months. He says life is 'wholly excellent.'
Doctoral student Matt Klooster is a winner. He recently won the "Excellence in Teaching" award from the University of Cincinnati's Graduate Studies Division. He is a doctoral candidate in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, where he is a teaching assistant in the Department of Biological Sciences. When he thinks of the nominating packet for the award, he feels like a winner all over.McMicken's Matt Klooster received the 'Excellence in Teaching' award from the Graduate Studies Division. |
He's also a winner in his attitude. He wins your heart. It's difficult to imagine listening to his infectious enthusiasm for nature and science without wanting to walk away and commit the rest of your life to studying parasitic plants — because that's what Matt studies.
"As a teacher, Matt has excelled in all areas because he genuinely cares about his students and thus his own ability to accurately and effectively educate them," says Assistant Professor Theresa Culley, his advisor in the Department of Biological Sciences. "When he first arrived, he was a bit hesitant about teaching (as with most new grad students), but he quickly found his feet and realized that he loved to share his enthusiasm of biology with other students. He would sometimes come see me after teaching a particular class because he was so excited that his students 'got it' and he just had to tell someone because he was so proud of them."
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"It got to the point where I would announce in class that he would be teaching in a few days, and some of the students would literally clap their hands together in anticipation. Whispers would then go around the room as some of the other students asked who this Matt character was — students would reply 'Oh, he is so good! You'll like him.' Many of the undergraduates had had Matt as their graduate teaching assistant in earlier biology courses so they knew the high quality of instruction that they would be receiving," Culley points out. "After he taught my course, I would always receive e-mails or student comments after class that they really enjoyed his presentation and they learned so much."
Matt tells of being a guest lecturer talking about plants in a class where a majority of the students were not biology majors.
"It's typically boring stuff," Matt admits. "But I started asking questions and I realized that three-quarters of the students were actually listening to me — that's already a win in my book! Afterward I received three emails, in one of which the student said, 'I went home and looked up more about what you were talking about.'"
"Matt has a unique way of grabbing the students' attention with his accessible but yet knowledgeable approach and inspiring them to learn more," Culley says. "In some cases, I have found myself using some of his approaches and teaching techniques in my own classes!"
Culley notes that in terms of his research, Matt has become one of the authorities in the nation, if not the world, on a special group of plant species known as myco-heterotrophs. These are plants that have lost their ability to photosynthesize (so they are not green) and instead survive by stealing resources from other organisms — namely mychorrizal fungi, which live in the soil and often have a symbiotic relationship with green plant species.
"Very little is known of these myco-heterotropic plants in terms of how they reproduce, what pollinates them and even how different individuals in a population are genetically related to one another," she says. "So Matt's research is crucial in our scientific understanding of these fascinating organisms that are so unlike most other plant species."
One of Matt's contributions to research is having developed a unique population genetic molecular marker. The genetic marker that Matt developed helps distinguish how plants are related to one another. When he describes his work, it becomes clear why he received what is sure to be the first of many teaching awards.
"I'm basically saying 'Is that your Mom?' 'Is that your Dad?'" Matt says, sounding like a familiar children's book.
"Matt first contacted me several years ago because he was interested in grad school and was fascinated by plants — especially orchids (he happens to grown many orchid species as a hobby)," she says. "He caught my attention early on because of his enthusiasm for plants and an intense desire to conduct research, not only for the purpose of obtaining a degree, but because he was really interested in learning what makes plants tick."
Besides learning what makes plants "tick," Matt also pays attention to what makes students tick. He remembers what it was like to be one. He graduated from St. Xavier High School and Xavier University.
Matt's specialties are understanding what makes plants and students tick. |
Matt sees a difference in students from when he was a high-school and undergraduate student.
"I see less student respect, responsiveness and attendance," he says. "I blame technology, to tell the truth. Teachers are relying too much on PowerPoint and the students are coming to expect it. Students have less ownership of the material; they don't feel they have to read the textbook; their note-taking skills are suffering and they don't feel they have to come to class."
So Matt has developed a teaching style that makes them want to come to class.
"That'll be my skill," Matt says. "No matter how brilliant you are, if only 100 other people in the world can understand what you're doing, what are you doing it for?"
"You've got to be able to express yourself," he adds. As a testimony to this, the Graduate Studies Division recently awarded Matt with the "Excellence in Teaching" award.
In the fall, Matt will be off to Harvard University and the fair city of Cambridge, Mass., for a prestigious post-doctoral appointment and Mercer Fellowship.
"I hope I can keep my teaching skills sharp," he says. "Because of the research, I won't be able to teach for two years. Half teaching and half research would be ideal."
For his post-doctoral research, he will be doing a number of different projects using the population genetic methodology. For one he will be examining a parasitic plant in Borneo. For another he will be initiating a project looking at glacial cycles in the Pacific Northwest using regions that didn't suffer from catastrophic disturbances.
The flower that Matt will be examining is the Rafflesiaceae (Listen to the May 15, 2008, "90-Second Naturalist" podcast about Rafflesiaceae.) It is a parasitic plant that grows on grape vines, stealing carbohydrates from the vines and growing up to a meter and a half in size — the largest flowers in the world. They are called "carrion flowers" because they mimic dead meat in looks and smell like rotting flesh, driven to evolve these traits by fly and beetle pollinators.
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Matt explains that the purpose of a post-doctorate appointment is to learn "a ton more."
"I want to be as well rounded as I can be," he adds. "These are very different skills to add to my tool box: literature I need to read, theory I need to understand and molecular techniques I need to learn."
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Stoppard is that peculiar anomaly—a serious comic writer born in an age of tragicomedy and a renewed interest in theatrical realism. Such deviation from dramatic norms not only marks his original signature on the contemporary English stage, but has sometimes made it difficult for us to determine whether his unique posture of comic detachment has been "good," "bad," or simply "indifferent." "Seriousness compromised by frivolity" is not what we have been trained to value in the important theater of our time. Yet Stoppard's "high comedy of ideas" is a refreshing exception to the rule. Offering us "a funny play," Stoppard's world "makes coherent, in terms of theatre, a fairly complicated intellectual argument." That the argument is worth making, that it is constantly developing and sharpening its focus, and that it always seeks to engage an audience in a...
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Ladies, Tom Ford Would Do You Too
- Artist John Currin interviewed Tom Ford, and joked that sometimes innocent statements are "The small acorn that will grow into a great oak of a scandal later." Well! Ford then claimed, "I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist."
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Heidi Without Makeup; Posh To Outfit Beyoncé?
- Heidi Klum, one of five models including Jessica Stam to make People's Most Beautiful list this year, poses for the tabloid in a so-hot-right-now makeup-free shot. [HuffPo]
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NOAA Intends to Cover At-Sea Monitoring Costs
Realizing the upcoming fishing year will be an exceptionally rough ride for fishermen, officials at NOAA are trying to pick up some of the costs associated with keeping tabs on the catch.
In a written statement, Northeast Fisheries Science Center Director Bill Karp says NOAA is working on a plan to fund at-sea monitoring, a cost that has been passed onto fishermen in the past
NOAA Allows Quota Carryovers into 2013 Fishing Year
Depending on your point of view, it could be good news for fishermen. NOAA is allowing fishermen to carry over 10% of any unused quotas from the 2012 fishing year into the 2013 fishing year.
Jim Kendall, President of New Bedford Seafood Consulting sees it differently, since lousy weather over the past few months has prevented many fishermen from reaching their allocations
Dockside Monitoring Has Been Approved For New Bedford Company
New NOAA Scallop Management Plan
Fishing Rules Investigation Underway
Fishing Industry Has Ally With Fishing Partnership
House Republicans Reject New England Fishermen Aid
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HALPERIN, Wendy Anderson. Peace. illus. by author. 40p. S & S/Atheneum. Jan. 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-689-82552-1; ebook $12.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-6787-3.
Gr 3 Up–A beautiful book with rich watercolor artwork. Most of the paintings are spreads in a nontraditional layout, with sections sometimes divided into shapes by the meandering text. The book is about peace and how it can be achieved: in the world, in the country, in the city, in one's school, and within oneself. The layout makes it a […]
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Please Register or Log in to Remove this Advertisement! He said he had a bit of practice with the 1st team defense today and is "good to go" now. He will be playing his first NFL game tomorrow. Hopefully the rookie from the Montana State Bobcats, can help the DL tomorrow night.
young guys are going to have to step up big this Thurs, luckily the NYG's OL is just as beat up as the Bears DL.
Even though he's an undrafted rookie, he does have experience playing against Southern Utah, Eastern Washington in the Big Sky Conference. Now that he practiced today with the 1st team players, he's ready to roll tomorrow.
Both Emery and Trestman have their back against the wall on this. We were never really deep at DL and to lose a few more good players for the entire season at near the beginning of the season is not an enviable place to be. Tough to make lemonade with those lemons.
MAYBE Corn Wash and Minter will magically morph into Richard Dent and Tommie Harris (pre-injury)!!! :)
Just stuff the run and let Manning pass . He leads the league w 12 int's so lets help him add to the numbers .
I'm inclined to agree with you, but (this may be an unpopular opinion on here), I don't think our safeties are good enough to force Manning to pass a lot without problems. Every time Conte seems to get an interception, it seems to be because he was at the right place, at the right time. I like him, but I wonder how close he is to his ceiling. I REALLY don't have too much faith in Major Wright. Maybe they need another season to really get going (look how long it took D. Manning to get good here), but this season, I kinda worry about their play some of the time.


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Seasonal Trips to Kyoto & Nara
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Kyoto and Nara are old capitals of Japan and nationally and internationally popular tourist destinations. The Japanese people boast especially Kyoto to foreigners as the best tourist destination of Japan. (http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/75635/) On the other hand, You must take the best seasons into consideration to visit Japan, because Japan has four different seasons and the best attractions vary from season to season. As for Kyoto and Nara. the best seasons are spring and fall. So paying visits to the best tourist destinations of this country in the best seasons is an idea I adopt here.
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Played a tourney last January, and drew a guy who I know very well, having played a few times in singles and a few more in doubles. The last time we had played singles against each other was about a year and a half prior, and that went a full 3 sets. His strengths are my weaknesses and vice-versa (he covers the court well, uses angles well, and handles power, while I generate a lot of power and tend to try and serve the other player off of the court).
We start our match, and I am on fire out of the gate. Win the first set 6-2, and I'm painting lines and finishing points better than I ever can remember. Get into the second set, and I break twice to jump out to a 4-1 lead. I can see the finish line, and I'm serving for a 5-1 lead. He breaks. Okay, no sweat - I've been returning really well. He holds. Oh boy - it's now 4-3, and I'm starting to feel a little bit of fatigue in my legs. He breaks me again, and holds to take it to 5-4. I finally hold serve, he holds, and I hold, so now we're in a breaker. I can't remember the finer details of the breaker, but I end up losing that set, and by this time, we're playing longer and longer points, and my legs are getting slower and slower.
We ended up playing neck and neck in the match breaker, and he ended up pulling it out 10-8. I was so disappointed in myself for not being able to pull myself out of the funk that I got into.
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Victims show evidence of damage from vandalism spree
Henderson, NV (KTNV) -- Victims of a vandalism spree in Henderson showed Action News evidence of the damage caused.
Police said a group of teens are to blame for randomly hitting more than 20 cars with paintballs and stolen marbles.
"It was pretty frustrating, pretty maddening to come out in the morning to have your vehicle all smashed up," said Steven Craig, one victim of the drive-bys.
Some victims said to pay hundreds of dollars to repair their cars. Police said the cost of damage to the vehicles ranged from $150 to more than $1,500.
Those victims are upset, wanting to know why the teens' parents didn't know their kids were out in the middle of the night vandalizing cars.
The teens were arrested Friday after attempting to steal marbles from a local Walmart, a police spokesperson said.
"That's ridiculous," another victim said. "I think it's kind of funny. I'm glad they got caught."
Twins Brandon and Bryce Sepe were the only suspects identified in the incident. The other teens' identities are being protected due to their status as juveniles.


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The other big change in the vaccine schedule is for adults aged 19 or older who are at high risk for pneumococcal infections, including people with compromised immune systems, people without a functioning spleen, those with cerebrospinal fluid leaks and people with ear implants. They should be given vaccines known as "PCV-13" followed by the "PPSV23" at least eight weeks later, the guidelines recommended. Rubin said the first vaccine helps prime the immune system for the second vaccine.
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Review the vaccine schedules for adults and children at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SOURCES: H. Cody Meissner, M.D., professor of pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, and chief, pediatric infectious disease, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston; Lorry Rubin, M.D., director, pediatric infectious disease, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park; Feb. 5, 2013 Annals of Internal Medicine; February 2013 Pediatrics
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US Senate confirms Carter as new defence secretary
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US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Saturday that the Pentagon will recall next week almost all of the 400,000 civilian employees who had been sent home because of the…THE WEEK IN FRANCE
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France has reportedly received approval from the Pentagon to buy two unarmed Reaper drones, this as Paris says the war in Mali this year exposed France's shortage of up-to-date…CHINA
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Samsung goes ahead of Apple in the smartphone wars with the Galaxy S5. The Korean tech giant has released its newest flagship phone at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. The product will have an actual release on April 11. Despite the later release from the announcement, Samsung will still get a good lead of Apple for a few months. Analysts think it is not just the early release date which will give Samsung Galaxy S5 and advantage over the iPhone 6.
Apple has dominated the smartphone industry until Samsung persisted and gained a great part of the market. Nonetheless, despite the constant releases, Samsung has yet to get head of Apple completely. According to a recent report by TIME, the new Samsung Galaxy S5 has a number of features that may help it get past the sales of Apple's flagship phones.
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The Apple iPhone 6 may be coming soon, but it remains an idea. The Samsung Galaxy S5, on other hand, is fresh meat.
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At the age of 40, she gave pose in a bikini in the movie "One Million Years B.C". Her marriage broke up four times and she has two children. She has appeared in various television series and movies. She started her acting career in the television shows such as 'McHale's Navy', 'Bewitched', 'The Virginian', 'The Hollywood Palace' etc. She played a lead role in the 'beach film A Swingin' Summer' and Sci-fi movie 'Fantastic Voyage' in 1966.
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The paper reviews three modes of rational inference: deductive, inductive and probabilistic. Many examples of each can be found in scientific endeavour, professional practice and public discourse. However, while the strengths and weaknesses of deductive and inductive inference are well established, the implications of the emerging probabilistic orientation are still being worked through. The paper discusses some of the recent findings in psychology and philosophy, and speculates about the implications for scientific and professional practice in general and OR in particular. It is suggested that the probabilistic orientation and Bayesian approach can provide an epistemological lens through which to view the claims of different approaches to inference. Some suggestions for further research are made. Journal of the Operational Research Society (2010) 61, 1207-1223. doi: 10.1057/jors.2009.96 Published online 26 August 2009
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Official Date: | August 2010 |
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Are both valid? I think the first is the only option, but I have been challenged on this and I can't explain exactly why the second is wrong. It does make sense, I suppose.
If you use is, then you are implicitly treating the compound noun changing and improving as a single, grouped set. Which makes the sentence have the form X is not the same thing, which naturally leads to the question "X is not the same thing as WHAT?" Clearly the intention is for you to compare changing to improving, so they are really two separate items; and therefore you need to use the plural are to make it clear that you are comparing them, individually, to each other. |
Mismatches in grammatical number are tricky, and have no perfect solution that will meet with total agreement. This though is not an example of that. Your sentence is of the structure: The third person simple present tense of to be will be either singular or plural depending on the grammatical number of the noun phrase. The noun phrase "Changing and improving" is a plural noun phrase formed from two singular nouns joined by and. So the correct form of the sentence is: We don't match the verb to the word before it, we match it to the phrase before it. The phrase is plural, and so must the verb be. |


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With "Divergent" proving to be a box office success and "Insurgent" already in the production, a lot of buzz has been generated about Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Ansel Elgort. Much recently Elgort gave a sneak peek into his character suggesting that his character is most likely to change in "Insurgent" and even the dynamics of his relationship with Woodley's character would alter.
"It is like Divergent but a little bit darker and less introductory," said Elgort in his interview to Hollywoodlife, adding, "It is more about the characters and now Beatrice (Shailene Woodley) is more badass so she is going to kick ass a little bit more and there will be a lot more stunts."
He even hinted that his character Caleb would be darker than before.
"Caleb gets a little darker. The relationship between Caleb and Beatrice, you know, they butt heads a little bit," said Elgort further. "It is an interesting movie. I shoot three times as many days in this movie (as I did in Divergent), so I will be around a lot more."
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